Differences in the Spanish left leave a …

From Madrid

Spanish politics does not find a way out of the blockade and the chances that citizens will go to the elections for the second time this year to elect the president of the government are not uncommon. The nomination session of the candidate of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), Pedro Sánchez, showed the refusal of the right-wing forces to abstain to allow his investment, and disputes with United We Can (UP) to reach an agreement between Government in coalition.

At the beginning of the presentation of a progressive program focused on feminism, the urgency of climate change, job insecurity and social inequalities, Pedro Sánchez urged the different political forces to support the PSOE in order to quickly form an executive. "The Spaniards, ladies and gentlemen, voted for a progressive government and a responsible opposition. Now we must be useful to serve you in this House. And this task begins by unlocking the formation of the government, "said the acting prime minister.

The response of the House was not exactly favorable. Rightist forces, the Popular Party (PP) and Citizens (Cs), responded that they would not support it, especially because of its position vis-à-vis the sovereign conflict of Catalonia, in a speech using the same pyrotechnic techniques of the electoral campaign.

"How am I going to abstain? If in the end with whom you want to agree, it is with those who have a project of rupture with Spain, "said the popular leader, Pablo Casado, so that the PSOE may receive the abstention of the sovereign forces of Catalonia and the Basque Country. For his part, Cs chief Albert Rivera accused Sánchez of performing a "sleight of hand" and a "pact in the next room with Podemos and the putschists."

Beyond Sanchez's calls to his institutional responsibility and his political release, the CPs and C remained in their position, warning that the elections are imminent and that it is necessary to reinforce his speech.

With the strength of Pablo Iglesias, UP, the exchange during the debate on the investiture was more extensive and complex. Although Friday, the secretary general of the purple formation has resigned to integrate a possible cabinet to get closer to the PSOE, the differences remain. Neither the meetings of the weekend, nor those of this Monday between leaders of the two forces, were limited to harshness.

"We are resigning from the state ministries, but we need the powers and responsibilities of the government according to our electoral weight. Respect the 3.7 million voters, "said Pablo Iglesias in his speech in reference to an alleged PSOE offer that, according to the purple leader, would turn his forces into a" whole "cabinet.

In response, Sanchez referred to differences over how to deal with state issues, such as the crisis in Catalonia, and listed his party's concessions in favor of a coalition government that, at the beginning of discussions, was limited to parliamentary cooperation without entry. Purple leaders in the Council of Ministers. "I do not give up on accepting United United Can, but if we do not reach an agreement, what is the situation? What is it? Asked the socialist candidate in Iglesias.

This Tuesday will take place the nomination vote to find out if Sanchez gets the absolute majority of 176 deputies which allows him to form the government. Otherwise, you will have a second chance this Thursday, but all you need is more support than rejections. If the investments fail, a period of uncertainty will open with options for a new nomination vote or a call for elections in November.

In the words of Pedro Sánchez, his hand is extended to UP to find a consensual formula. It would be strange if positions had been raised following a heated debate of reproach and words of mistrust, in which Iglesias defended the entry of his forces to check that the agreement was respected, and that Sanchez qualified with sarcasm of "sworn police" in the Council. ministers. However, no options are excluded until Thursday.

As leaders face to unblock the institutional blockade, reality suffers from the absence of politics. The urgent measures that Sanchez defended in her speech to end the badist violence remain powerless in the face of an epidemic that, in the past forty-eight hours, has left two new murders of women in the hands of men in the country. .